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How much of the source and my own knowledge should I use in my answer?

The amount of information will depend on how many marks the question is worth. For example, a 4 marker will need more information form the source as this sort of question is testing your quick observation an...
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IB History question (topic: Cold War (paper II)): To what extent was the United States responsible for the collapse of the Grand Alliance at the end of the Second World War?

The US could be seen as responsible for the collapse of the Grand Alliance because it dropped the A bomb on Japan (1945) without first informing the Soviets, published the Kennan telegram (1946) and openly p...
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What can I do to improve my essays?

Writing essays is all about showing the full breadth of your knowledge in the most concise, and precise, manner possible. Interrogate in detail the question that has been proposed and ensure that you only in...
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To what extent was the United States responsible for the collapse of the Grand Alliance at the end of the Second World War?

In writing this essay, the first thing to note is the structure of the question – ‘to what extent’ – this means that the essay will have to have two sides and deal both with the United States and the Soviet ...
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To what extent was there a Mid-Tudor Crisis? (1547-1558)

Firstly we must define 'crisis'- if we take crisis to mean that the monarchy was at breaking point, or the point of being overthrown, then there was not a crisis, although there were serious issues going on ...
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